Dorchester, Texas. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

Named for a Sherman, Texas banker named C. B. Dorchester, the town was founded in the late 188s � and like its neighbor of Gunter, Dorchester was also alongside the rails of the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railroad.

The town was granted a post office in 1896. Dorchester prospered and even in the mid-1930s it maintained a respectable count of 400 residents. The decline may have come later, but it did come. A year prior to the 1990 Census it was only 222 residents which declined to just over one hundred for the 2000 Census.

Photographer's Note: Not a lot here- most of feed mill not visable to right of road. - Mike Price, September 29, 2007

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